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It happened without warning.Shururururu…The sandy ground right beside Arthur suddenly caved inward, forming a rapidly expanding, funnel-shaped sinkhole."Whoa—hey!"Arthur scrambled back on all fours, clawing wildly at the loose grains to keep from getting dragged down into the abyss. The pit widened at a terrifying speed, forcing him to throw his entire body forward into a desperate crawl until his knees hit firm ground."Haaah... haaah... haaah..."Collapsing onto his rear, Arthur dragged ragged breaths into his lungs and stared down into the center of the crater.To his sheer horror, the sand at the bottom was violently bubbling, like a cauldron of boiling liquid.A cold shiver raced down his spine as he realized he had been an inch away from tumbling into that meat grinder."Wait a second..."Arthur narrowed his eyes, leaning in slightly to inspect the motion."That's not boiling..."Peering through the haze of golden dust, he spotted something massive and segmented writhing ben
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"Did you hit your head or something?"Chloe stood a few paces back near the doorway, eyeing her older brother with deep suspicion. Arthur shook his head vigorously."No, that’s not it. I'm fine."Despite his denial, Chloe’s sharp eyes remained narrowed."Are you really okay, Arthur? Be honest.""Yes, I'm telling you, I'm completely fine."Chloe stared blankly at him for a beat, sweeping her gaze over his pristine, unblemished limbs.Then her chest heaved, her breathing growing fast and furious. The moment Arthur instinctively raised his arms into a defensive guard, she stepped in, driving her fists into every unguarded spot on his torso."I told you to stop getting yourself hurt!!" she yelled, her voice cracking. "Do you have any idea how terrified I was?!""……I'm sorry, Chloe.""Other Hunters walk out of those portals without a scratch, so why is it always you who ends up in an ICU?!""……I'm sorry."The force behind Chloe’s punches gradually ebbed away. She stopped, her shoulders tre
the investigation
Arthur was startled by the deep, resonant voice coming from the shadowed corner of the hospital room and quickly turned his head."My apologies if we startled you.""Unfortunately, time is a luxury we don't have right now."Two men impeccably dressed in dark, tailored suits approached Arthur’s bedside. Arthur tilted his head, eyeing them with quiet suspicion."Who… are you?"He had never seen either of their faces before.One of the men, sporting a close-cropped military buzzcut behind a pair of dark aviators, stepped forward and handed Arthur a sleek business card."This will explain who we represent."Arthur took the card, reading the embossed silver lettering.'Ethan Vance, Section Chief, Monitoring Division — Hunter Association.'The Monitoring Division was the heavy-artillery arm of the Hunter Association, boasting some of the most dangerous combatants on the municipal payroll. Since their job was to police registered Hunters and keep rogue Awakened in line, they naturally employ
The final choice
Creeaakkk…Creeeeeeaaaaakkkk…While the three of them had been talking, the closing circle of guardian statues had narrowed the gap to a mere dozen feet.Left entirely alone on the platform, Arthur dragged himself onto his stomach, taking several deep, ragged breaths to steady his racing heart."Haaah... haaah..."His hand brushed against a cold piece of metal on the stone floor—the shortsword Kim had abandoned when he fled. Arthur reached out, his fingers wrapping firmly around the leather hilt.If I'm going out, I'm taking at least one of these stone bastards with me.He managed to tilt his head back, watching through the blood in his eyes as Sterling cleared the threshold with Julie safely perched on his shoulder.A quiet sense of relief washed over Arthur’s chest.At least they made it...There was no grand, noble martyrdom in his mind. In truth, Arthur had run the cold, pragmatic numbers in his head before making his decision.Even if he somehow survived and dragged his broken bo
the last deserter
Front, back, left, and right.To maintain a complete perimeter, four individuals was the absolute mathematical minimum required.Arthur himself, Julie, Mr. Sterling, and Kim. A single person abandoning their post now would create an unmonitorable blind spot in their collective field of view.Kim wiped a thick sheen of cold sweat from his forehead, his shortsword trembling in his hand as he demanded, "Arthur, what the hell is happening?! Explain it to me properly!""As long as we hold our ground on this platform, we survive!" Arthur shouted back, his voice hoarse. "We just have to wait until every single blue flame goes out!"Arthur rapidly laid out every variable he had deduced regarding the Third Commandment. Kim’s ears perked up, his head nodding in frantic, erratic bursts as he absorbed the information.Arthur quickly wrapped up his explanation, adding one final, firm plea:"Listen to me! Every single person remaining on this platform can walk out of here alive!"The internal mecha
Circle of Flames 2
Creak...Creeeak...The remaining six survivors spun around, their tactical weapons raised."What was that noise?!""Look at the perimeter!""They're advancing!!"The air left their lungs in a sudden rush of terror.The smaller guardian statues—the ones that had previously remained perfectly motionless unless a human breached their specific proximity circles—had physically shifted several yards closer to the altar.Arthur's gaze dropped, tracking the movement of the dust on the floor.No... the stone limbs didn't move. The stone pedestals themselves are sliding.The bone-rattling screeches were coming from the ancient tracks beneath the monuments, grinding slowly against the flagstones like a closing vice."Wait... they stopped?" Kim panted, wiping a thick layer of cold sweat from his brow.While the rest of the group kept their weapons trained on the closing circle, Arthur's focus snapped back to the spectral blue embers floating in the air.One of the flames sputtered, dissolving in
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